Election Reform, Fraud, & Related News Saturday, Jan 28

[livvy]

Election Reform, Fraud, & Related News

All members welcome and encouraged to participate.




Please post Election Reform, Fraud, & Related News on this thread.

If you can:
1. Post stories and announcements you find on the web.

2. Post stories using the new Spring 2006 Edition of "Election Fraud and Reform News Directory" listed here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x407240

3. Re-post stories and announcements you find on DU, providing a link to the original thread with thanks to the Original Poster, too.

4. Start a discussion thread by re-posting a story you see on this thread.



Please "Recommend" for the Greatest Page (it's the link just below).

[livvy]

1. GA: Perdue Signature Sends Voter ID Back to Feds

Posted on Fri, Jan. 27, 2006


Perdue signature sends voter ID back to feds

By Doug Gross
ASSOCIATED PRESS

ATLANTA - Gov. Sonny Perdue signed the latest version of Georgia's voter identification bill into law Thursday, sending it to the U.S. Justice Department for the second time in two years.

Perdue acted one day after the House gave final approval to the measure requiring voters to show a driver's license or other government-issued photo identification at the polls.

The bill eliminates most forms of ID that are currently accepted - including Social Security cards, birth certificates and utility bills.

Perdue called it an attempt to crack down on voter fraud in the state.
>more

http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/politics/13722380.htm

[livvy]

2. Chicago: 'E-voting Success to be Watched in Kane Race

`E-voting' success to be watched in Kane race

By William Presecky
Tribune staff reporter
Published January 27, 2006

Even though both candidates for Kane County clerk are unopposed and nearly certain to be nominated in the March primary, the victor in November could be determined by how smoothly the planned switch to electronic voting goes this spring, Democratic candidate Annie Collins, of Batavia, said Thursday.

Kane County's planned changeover from punch card ballots, which is awaiting state approval, could be a defining issue in Collins' campaign to unseat incumbent Clerk John "Jack" Cunningham, a Republican from Aurora, Collins said.>snip

"I believe every vote not only counts but needs to be counted in a timely manner," said the 39-year-old Collins, a former flight attendant and teacher.>snip

Despite the lack of state certification to date, Cunningham said Thursday he remains "cautiously optimistic" that the eSlate electronic voting system chosen by Kane officials to replace punch cards will be approved next week and used on March 21.>more

http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-0601270220jan27,1,7567439.story?coll=chi-technology-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true

[Niche]

3. DIEBOLD -- 1/6/06 -- class action suit on behalf of investors...

"MILBERG WEISS ANNOUNCES THE FILING OF A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST DIEBOLD, INC. AND CERTAIN OF ITS OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS ON BEHALF OF INVESTORS"

link to full story:

http://www.milbergweiss.com/newsevents/publicationsdetail.aspx?pubtype=5280&pubid=718

[livvy]

4. TN: 10th Questionable Vote Reported in Election Won by Ford

10th questionable vote reported in election won by Ophelia Ford

Sen. Ophelia Ford

Associated Press

Published: Friday, 01/27/06

MEMPHIS — The state's list of questionable votes has grown to 10 in the special election that gave Ophelia Ford a 13-vote victory for a seat in the Tennessee Senate.

Challenged returns from the Sept. 15 election have led to a federal court lawsuit and disrupted the Senate during a special session on ethics reform.

A judge who stopped Senate Republicans from voiding the election is expected to rule next week on a suit filed by Ford, a Democrat, and five other voters from Memphis Senate District 29.

Terry Roland, Ford's Republican opponent, contends that more than 160 ballots were cast by voters who may have been ineligible because of residency outside District 29, paperwork errors or prior criminal convictions.>more
http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060127/NEWS0206/601270403/1016/NEWS02

[livvy]

5. NC: Board to Probe Donations- House Speaker J. Black

Board to probe donations
Inquiry focuses on campaign aid to Black, Decker
Published: Jan 27, 2006 12:30 AM
Modified: Jan 27, 2006 07:56 AM
Dan Kane and J. Andrew Curliss, Staff Writers
The State Board of Elections announced a formal inquiry Thursday into campaign committees that aided House Speaker Jim Black and a key ally who helped keep him in power, former Rep. Michael Decker.

The inquiry takes place Feb. 8-10. It follows an investigation election officials started after Democracy North Carolina, a campaign finance watchdog, filed a complaint in June 2004 over video poker contributions to Black in the previous election cycle.

The complaint reported that Black, a Mecklenburg County Democrat who has led the House since 1999, had received more than $100,000 in contributions from people associated with the video poker industry. Some of those contributions came from people who either did not know they made them or acknowledged that they were either paid or reimbursed, the nonprofit said.

But the board's investigation has gone beyond the video poker industry. Besides examining the industry's political action committee, state elections director Gary Bartlett said Thursday the inquiry will also look at campaign filings for Black and Decker, as well as another fund-raising organization -- the N.C. State Optometric Society PAC -- that has contributed heavily to Black. Black is an optometrist.>more

http://www.newsobserver.com/114/story/393079.html

[livvy]

6. ACLU Says FEMA List Should Stay Private

ACLU says FEMA list should stay private
1/27/2006, 4:51 p.m. CT
The Associated Press

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union is weighing in on whether a federal agency should provide information on where residents displaced by hurricanes are living.
ACLU president Joe Cook said the information on the Federal Emergency Management Agency lists should remain private.

"The Federal Privacy Act, which governs information about individuals who have applied for assistance, protects them against scam artists, abusive spouses, data miners and a host of others who would misuse the information, if it became public," Cook said in a news release.

But some state lawmakers want the FEMA list.>more

http://www.nola.com/newsflash/louisiana/index.ssf?/base/news-22/1138402756188490.xml&storylist=louisiana

[livvy]

7. GOP Scandals Spell Democratic Victories

Crockett: GOP Scandals Spell Democratic Victories
Friday, 27 January 2006, 3:01 pm
Opinion: Stephen Crockett
Republican Scandals Spell Democratic Victories
By Stephen Crockett

The spreading web of Republican law breaking has begun to influence various election races around the nation. If votes get counted properly in 2006, the Republican Party is in very serious trouble nationally. As Brad Friedman at Brad Blog (http://www.bradblog.com) and Mark Crispin Miller (http://www.markcrispinmiller.blogspot.com) in his latest book, Fooled Again clearly reveal, honest elections in 2006 are not a forgone conclusion and fraud may save Republican rule. Regardless, Republican candidates are facing serious disapproval from voters around the nation.

Republican Congressman John Doolittle in California is now facing a stiff challenge from Democratic candidate and Iraqi War veteran Charles Brown. In Texas, Tom Delay is trailing his most likely Democratic candidate. Ohio Republican Congressman Robert Ney is in serious trouble but vowing to seek re-election. Ralph Reed has seen his election prospects in his bid to become Georgia’s Lt. Governor despite being the most prominent Republican leader in the state.

In Maine, US Senator Olympia Snowe has started to be weakened because she has not shown leadership in opposing the illegal wiretapping by the Bush White House or opposed the Supreme Court nominee Alito who may legalize lawbreaking by Bush and Cheney. Jean Hays Bright has been showing signs of seriously challenging the Maine Republican.

The scandals hurting these candidates are numerous and varied. The connections to and impacts on each race are all different. They are not the only serious corruption scandals or examples of Republican officeholders violating laws influencing the 2006 election outlook. Congressman “Duke” Cunningham in California and Ohio Governor Taft both are facing serious criminal charges.>more

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0601/S00209.htm

[livvy]

8. Dodd and Conyers Introducing Comp. Election Reform Legislation

PRESS RELEASE
Congressman John Conyers, Jr.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
January 26, 2005
DODD AND CONYERS INTRODUCING
COMPREHENSIVE ELECTION REFORM LEGISLATION
Washington, D.C. - Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), Ranking Member on the Senate Rules
Committee, and Rep. John Conyers, Jr, (D-MI), Ranking Member on the House Judiciary
Committee, announced that they will be working together in seeking changes to our nation’s
elections system this Congress. Dodd introduced S. 17, the Voting Opportunity and Technology
Enhancement Rights Act of 2005 (“VOTER Act”) Monday, and Conyers will introduce a House
companion version based in significant part on the Senate bill shortly.
Among other things, their legislation will provide for a nationwide federal write
in/absentee ballot; require states to provide for a voter verified ballot; insure that provisional
ballots cast anywhere in a state are counted; eliminate disparities in the allocation of voting
machines and poll workers; mandate early voting and election day registration procedures; and
protect against improper purging of registration lists in federal elections.
“It is imperative that we have elections that count every vote of every eligible voter,”
declared Dodd and Conyers. “A provisional ballot cast anywhere in the state of Ohio should count
just as it does in the state of Iowa. There is no reason that voters in inner city areas should be
forced to wait in lengthy lines, while their counterparts in the suburbs are able to vote
immediately. If voters in Oregon can vote early, why can’t voters in Michigan, and if citizens in
Idaho enjoy same day registration, why can’t voters in Florida?”>more

This is a PDF file.


http://www.johnconyers.campaignoffice.com/vertical/Sites/%7BEF00C507-612C-4BA3-84C0-446C97F7E413%7D/uploads/%7B85F01C00-DB37-42F6-9AE0-8AC397DDC498%7D.PDF

[Peace Patriot]

16. Conyers-Dodd election bill - the whole press release

PRESS RELEASE Congressman John Conyers, Jr.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
January 26, 2005
DODD AND CONYERS INTRODUCING
COMPREHENSIVE ELECTION REFORM LEGISLATION

Washington, D.C. - Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), Ranking Member on the Senate Rules Committee, and Rep. John Conyers, Jr, (D-MI), Ranking Member on the House Judiciary Committee, announced that they will be working together in seeking changes to our nation’s elections system this Congress. Dodd introduced S. 17, the Voting Opportunity and Technology Enhancement Rights Act of 2005 (“VOTER Act”) Monday, and Conyers will introduce a House companion version based in significant part on the Senate bill shortly.

Among other things, their legislation will provide for a nationwide federal write in/absentee ballot; require states to provide for a voter verified ballot; insure that provisional ballots cast anywhere in a state are counted; eliminate disparities in the allocation of voting machines and poll workers; mandate early voting and election day registration procedures; and protect against improper purging of registration lists in federal elections.

“It is imperative that we have elections that count every vote of every eligible voter,” declared Dodd and Conyers. “A provisional ballot cast anywhere in the state of Ohio should count just as it does in the state of Iowa. There is no reason that voters in inner city areas should be forced to wait in lengthy lines, while their counterparts in the suburbs are able to vote immediately. If voters in Oregon can vote early, why can’t voters in Michigan, and if citizens in Idaho enjoy same day registration, why can’t voters in Florida?”

“Our elections are the very foundation of our democracy. We’ve made great strides in repairing cracks in that foundation, but clearly we still need to do more to strengthen and reinforce each American’s right to vote and have that vote counted,” said Dodd. “This measure can hopefully act as the democratic mortar to anchor one of our nation’s most precious rights and ensure that all voters are treated equally on election day.”

Conyers stated “Our nation has just endured the second consecutive presidential election which came down to a single state, and that state – Ohio – was riddled with irregularities and the appearance of partisan manipulation. If there is any issue that is central to our democracy, it is insuring that eligible voters are freely able to participate in our elections. I intend to do everything I can to insure that this issue does not go away until we have a set of uniform and nondiscriminatory rules that respects all of our citizens’ right to vote.”

In 2001, in the wake of the myriad problems that surfaced in Florida and around the nation in the presidential election, Sen. Dodd and Rep. Conyers jointly introduced election reform legislation that ultimately passed into law as the Help America Vote Act.”

(Below, click on the "Conyers and Dodd..." item, second on the list...)

http://www.johnconyers.campaignoffice.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={BD0FBB2E-BAE6-4A15-9517-E9E135D8F0C7}

[liam_laddie]

17. NOTE: this is from Two-Zero-Zero-FIVE

:bounce:It's over a year old; I checked the .pdf file to make sure the original's
dated 2005...it is. I'm certain that Rep Conyers (American hero!) has
updated his views in the last year. Not sure about Dodds, tho'.

[livvy]

19. Sorry folks. This is really old.

I didn't check the date carefully enough. My apologies if it caused any confusion.
I'll try to be more careful next week.

[livvy]

9. AlterNet Interview with Mark Crispin Miller

Election Theft Emergency http://www.alternet.org/images/managed/Story+Image_thumb_012706_story.jpg

By Terrence McNally, AlterNet
Posted on January 27, 2006, Printed on January 28, 2006
http://www.alternet.org/story/31217/

For GOP voters, the 2004 presidential election was little short of miraculous: Behind in the Electoral College even on the afternoon of the vote, the Bush-Cheney ticket staged a stunning comeback. Usually reliable exit polls turned out to be wrong by an unprecedented 5 percent in swing states. Conservatives argued, and the media agreed, that "moral values" had made the difference.

In his latest book, Fooled Again: How The Right Stole The 2004 Election, And Why They'll Steal The Next One Too (Unless We Stop Them), Mark Crispin Miller argues that it wasn't moral values which swung the election -- it was theft.

TERRENCE McNALLY: You're a professor of media studies. According to your bio, you write about "film, television, propaganda, advertising and the culture industries …" Why did you write this book?

MARK CRISPIN MILLER: Out of a sense of civic emergency. I believe that "Fooled Again" makes the case quite persuasively that there is actually no convincing evidence that Bush and Cheney won re-election.

The rest of the interview is at this link:
http://www.alternet.org/story/31217/

[Name removed]

10. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[livvy]

11. Gallup Poll Cites Disgruntled Public

Gallup poll cites disgruntled public

PRINCETON, N.J., Jan. 27 (UPI) -- A new Gallup poll indicates that U.S. President George Bush will face a mostly disgruntled public Tuesday when he delivers his State of the Union address.
Most Americans asked are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the country, have negative views of the economy, disapprove of the job Bush is doing as president and believe the country is worse off than it was five years ago, the survey indicated Friday.

In what is perceived as a strong rebuke of the Bush era, nearly two-thirds of those asked say they are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the United States. Among political parties, 60 percent of Republicans asked think things have improved, 92 percent of Democrats think otherwise.>snip

http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20060127-10545600-bc-us-gallupoll.xml

[livvy]

12. TX: Supreme Court Puts Pair Back on GOP Primary Ballot

Posted on Sat, Jan. 28, 2006

Texas Supreme Court puts pair back on GOP primary ballot

By MAX B. BAKER
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER

Retiring state Rep. Terry Keel of Austin regained two opponents Friday in the Republican primary race for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals when the Texas Supreme Court ruled that the other candidates had been improperly taken off the March 7 ballot.

Incumbent Charles Holcomb and Dallas state District Judge Robert Francis should have been given time by Texas Republican Party officials to fix problems with their petitions, the all-Republican court ruled in a 5-3 decision.

After Keel challenged the petitions this month and party officials kicked the two men off the ballot, he became the only candidate for the post in the GOP primary. The appeals court is the state's highest criminal court.

"I was glad it came out. I'm glad Bobby got on the ticket, too," Holcomb said. "Now I've got to go out and run.">snip


http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/state/13735845.htm

[livvy]

13. MI:Sec. of State Land Suggests Series of Elec. Process Reforms

Land suggests series of election process reforms
1/27/2006, 6:55 p.m. ET
By TIM MARTIN
The Associated Press

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land on Friday proposed election reforms that include encouraging more young people to vote and changes in the constitutional amendment ballot proposal process.

Land also said she will suggest changes to Michigan's campaign finance laws in the near future.

"Michigan's election process must adapt to new trends, technologies and challenges," Land, a Republican, said in a statement. "These enhancements will ensure that it remains current, consistent and inclusive.">snip

Land's ideas cover several different areas of the election process.>snip


http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-31/1138406652305060.xml&storylist=newsmichigan

[livvy]

14. A Brazillion Links: Great for Research on the 2004 Election

This site has a ton of links to 2004 election issues. It would be easy to spend hours on the site!
Official Investigations

Scholarly Analyses of the 2004 Election
Evidence Gathered and Analyzed by Citizens:
Colorado
Florida
Indiana
Maryland
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Texas
Washington

More Citizen Research

Legislation / Proposed Election Reform
Audio/Video

Websites / Blogs

Articles / Blog Reports

Info / Data Resources

About Diebold Voting Machines

Concerns About E-Voting Prior to Election 2004

About Those Exit Polls

Participate:
Become an Activist !
Report Incidents
Donate for Recounts
(Sources: VotersUnite.org and The Election Incident Reporting System)
http://shadowbox.i8.com/stolen.htm

[Wilms]

15. BOWEN ANNOUNCES HEARINGS ON "OPEN SOURCE VOTING" AND CERTIFICATION

BOWEN ANNOUNCES DATES ON "OPEN SOURCE VOTING" CONCEPT AND HOW VOTING EQUIPMENT IS CERTIFIED

By California Political Desk

January 28, 2006

SACRAMENTO � Questions about whether California should move toward using electronic voting systems that rely on �open source software� and how exactly voting systems are tested and certified for use will be the subject of two hearings scheduled today by Senator Debra Bowen (D-Redondo Beach), the chairwoman of the Senate Elections, Reapportionment & Constitutional Amendments Committee.

snip

The first hearing on February 8th will focus on the open source software issue. �Open source software� has been around for several decades, but it�s become more popular in recent years. Some of the more well-known names in the open source software world are Firefox (an Internet browser), Linux (an operating system), and Red Hat (which sells and supports a version of Linux for businesses). Witnesses will include experts on the benefits and shortcomings of open source software in general, businesses and government agencies that rely on open source software, experts on the challenges of using open source software in an electoral setting, and voting machine vendors. The hearing will be in Room 112 at the State Capitol and will begin at 9:00 a.m.

snap

The second hearing on February 16th will look at the process of how exactly voting systems are certified for use in California. Witnesses will discuss how the process works, what roles the Elections Assistance Commission, the Independent Testing Authorities (ITA), the voting machine vendors, and the state play in the process � and about what the flaws are in the current system. The hearing will be held in the Menlo Park City Council Chambers at 1:00 p.m. The following day, researchers from around the U.S. who are studying voting technology as part of ACCURATE (A Center for Correct, Usable, Reliable, Auditable, and Transparent Elections) will be meeting in Menlo Park, led by nationally-recognized Johns Hopkins University Professor Avi Rubin. Last year, ACCURATE received a $7.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study how to design and build secure and reliable voting systems. The group will also investigate ways to improve the process for testing and certifying voting machines.

snip

http://www.californiachronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=5227

[Algorem]

18. OH-Voting machines raise ire;Dems- Blackwell selections strictly political

http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/13734888.htm

By Lisa A. Abraham
Beacon Journal staff writer

Democrats in two counties are complaining that Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell appears to be talking out of both sides of his mouth in order to justify the preference of fellow Republicans when it comes to new voting machines.

In December, Blackwell broke a tie vote of the Summit County Board of Elections, picking optical-scan voting machines by Election Systems & Software as the county's new voting system.

In making the decision, Blackwell cited the lower cost of the optical-scan machines compared with the Diebold touch-screen voting machines favored by Democrats on the board of elections.

In September, however, Blackwell broke a tie vote of the Licking County Board of Elections, choosing Diebold touch-screens machines for that county, arguing they would ``better suit the needs of Licking County.''...






Governor's speech takes jabs at (Blackwell)

Article published Thursday, January 26, 2006

Governor's speech takes jabs at GOP candidates
Democrats criticize Taft plan for lack of new ideas, leadership

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060126/NEWS24/601260408/0/NEWS

COLUMBUS - Republican Gov. Bob Taft used part of his final State of the State address to take a swipe at the two leading candidates for governor in his own party.

Referring to passage of the state operating budget last year, Mr. Taft told legislators: "We did it together, and we did it without muddling the Constitution with new acronyms and gimmicks."

J. Kenneth Blackwell, the Republican gubernatorial candidate who is the driving force behind the constitutional amendment on the Nov. 7 ballot to restrict state spending and require voter approval of tax increases - a proposal known as the "tax expenditure limitation" or TEL - replied that Mr. Taft didn't present "any imaginative proposals" yesterday.

"What you are witnessing today is a beginning of a transition into a new era where you are going to get a Republican governor that is a Republican for a change," said Mr. Blackwell, who a day earlier called for leasing the Ohio Turnpike to private investors and using the proceeds for a job development fund...


GOP chairman shares crucial poll with governor's candidates
http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/state/13736798.htm

Posted on Sat, Jan. 28, 2006

GOP chairman shares crucial poll with governor's candidates

Associated Press

COLUMBUS - ...

Party Chairman Bob Bennett wants to persuade one of the candidates to drop out to avoid a primary battle between two of Ohio's best known and high-ranking Republican officeholders.

The poll showed Blackwell leading 40 percentage points to 30 over Petro in the primary, but also noted that 29 percent of respondents were undecided.

However, the poll's general election results said Petro had a better chance of beating a Democrat, according to Petro's campaign...

Because Blackwell doesn't match up well, he could easily drag the entire Republican ticket to defeat, Bob Paduchik, chairman of Petro's campaign, said in a statement...

Blackwell: http://www.kenblackwell.com /
Petro: http://www.jimpetro.com /
GOP: http://www.ohiogop.org /
McLaughlin: http://www.mclaughlinonline.com /



Ohio GOP Independent Poll Encourages Petro & Blackwell

http://www.ohioccw.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3584

Posted on Saturday, January 28 @ 14:55:41 EST by jeff

An independent Ohio Republican Party poll showed Secretary of State Ken Blackwell with a commanding 10 point head to head lead over Attorney General Jim Petro, 40%-30%, with 29% undecided, despite Petro's $1.6 million television blitz in December and January. The McLaughlin & Associates research also said Blackwell is in a position to extend his lead...

But Petro's campaign said the poll's general election results said he had a better chance of beating a Democrat.
Petro is expected to announce a replacement running mate on Monday, January 30th

In a head to head contest Jim Petro is within the poll's margin of error with Petro 36%, Strickland 39% and 25% undecided. The same survey shows that Ted Strickland has a comfortable 6 point lead over Ken Blackwell with Blackwell at 33%, Strickland 39% and 27% undecided.

A more significant statistic presented by the poll is the preferences of respondents who have an opinion of both candidates, sometimes referred to as the "informed ballot." The survey shows that the General Election informed ballot has Jim Petro in a dead heat with Ted Strickland at 36% each with 28% undecided. Among that same subset Ted Strickland crushes Ken Blackwell by 24%; Strickland has 56%, Blackwell 32% and 12% are undecided on the informed ballot...



Cuyahoga County,Ohio-Leaders split over electronic voting

http://www.cleveland.com/cuyahoga/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1138354781287440.xml&coll=2

Friday, January 27, 2006
Joan Mazzolini
Plain Dealer Reporter

...But Cuyahoga County commissioners won't spend the money until after the May primary at the earliest, saying they want to see how the Diebold machines already on hand do in their first test. The machines will replace a punch-card system that has been used for years.

Ohio-based Diebold's electronic voting machines have been at the center of a nationwide controversy over concerns that the machines could be manipulated to alter election results.

Commissioner Tim Hagan said he is willing to buy additional machines if they operate properly and are needed. Commissioners Chairman Jimmy Dimora said he wants to hire an expert not tied to Diebold or the elections board to analyze the reliability of the machines in the May primary...

But the controversy about Diebold machines has deepened because an elections chief in one Florida county showed how easy it is for hackers to manipulate the equipment. Several times over the past year, Leon County supervisor of elections Ion Sancho asked computer specialists to see if they could change vote results on his Diebold system, and each time they did...

[Wilms]

20. NM: Elections officials question paper-ballot switch

Elections officials question paper-ballot switch

The Associated Press

January 28, 2006

County elections officials are questioning whether New Mexico can quickly switch to a paper ballot-based system and have it in place by the November general election.

However, Gov. Bill Richardson said Friday that he’s sticking with the proposal despite the concerns.

“I believe there is no need to delay,” Richardson said at a news conference. “With all due respect to the county clerks, we’ve waited long enough to have in New Mexico prompt and efficient and trustworthy elections.

“We can’t wait any longer for a bureaucracy to stand in the way of getting this done.”

snip

http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/38665.html


Discussion

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x411173

[Wilms]

21. Mark Crispin Miller on AAR's Ring of Fire Sunday Rebroadcast

Rebroadcast: Sunday 3-5pm ET

January 28th, 2006

Veteran Texas journalist Lou Dubose. The title of his new book says it all -- The Hammer Comes Down: The Nasty, Brutish and Shortened Political Life of Tom DeLay.

A wake-up call from Mark Crispin Miller, author of Fooled Again: How the Right Stole the 2004 Election and Why They'll Steal the Next One Too (Unless We Stop Them).

And Robert Dreyfuss on how U.S. neoconservatives and banks helped foment Islamic terrorism. Dreyfuss is author of Devil's Game: How the United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam.

The Pap Attack: “Rush’s Soldier Scam”

http://shows.airamericaradio.com/ringoffire/


Discussion

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x411149

[Wilms]

22. EAC Voting System Certification Meeting February 2, 2006

U.S. Election Assistance Commission

1225 New York Ave. NW – Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20005

Contact: Bryan Whitener [phone] ADVISORY January 19, 2006 EAC to Discuss Implementation of the

Voting System Certification Program AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC)

DATE & TIME: Thursday, February 2, 2006 (10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.)

LOCATION: Hyatt Regency; Valley Forge Room (400 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, DC)

MEETING AGENDA The commission will receive presentations on the implementation of the EAC Voting System Certification Program.

To learn more about the EAC, please visit www.eac.gov.

snip/pdf

http://www.eac.gov/docs/Stakeholder%20Advisory%20(%202-2-06%20)%20Meeting.pdf